Der atomgetriebene Dragonfly-Hubschrauber der NASA wird mit einer SpaceX Falcon Heavy-Rakete zum Saturnmond Titan fliegen

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>The agency announced today (Nov. 25) that it has picked the [Falcon Heavy](https://www.space.com/39779-falcon-heavy-facts.html) to loft [Dragonfly](https://www.space.com/nasa-dragonfly-mission-saturn-moon-titan-2028-launch), a $3.35 billion mission that will investigate the life-hosting potential of Saturn’s huge moon Titan. The burly rocket also launched NASA’s [Psyche asteroid probe](https://www.space.com/nasa-psyche-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-success) and [Europa Clipper spacecraft](https://www.space.com/nasa-psyche-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-success), in October 2023 and October 2024, respectively.

>The Dragonfly contract is a firm, fixed-price deal with a value of nearly $257 million, „which includes launch services and other mission-related costs,“ NASA officials wrote in an [update this afternoon](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-dragonfly-mission/).

>If all goes according to plan, Falcon Heavy will launch the car-sized Dragonfly rotorcraft during a three-week window in July 2028. The spacecraft will then spend six years making its way to [Titan](https://www.space.com/15257-titan-saturn-largest-moon-facts-discovery-sdcmp.html), the second-largest moon in the solar system (after Jupiter’s [Ganymede](https://www.space.com/16440-ganymede-facts-about-jupiters-largest-moon.html)).